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I think they mean number of citizens per House rep, which is many times higher now.
by coryrc 7y ago
I think they mean number of citizens per House rep, which is many times higher now.
- harryh 7y agoAh, OK. Yes, that is definitely true. Wikipedia has a nice graph on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment#/media/File:US_population_per_representative.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_ap...
- rtkwe 7y agoIt's also just that at the extremes we have house districts representing just over one million people and just over half a million people. 750k +/- 50% isn't great. https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/10/26/americas-largest-and-smallest-voting-districts/ https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/10/26/americas-lar...